CVE-2025-1390

libcap: pam_cap: Fix potential configuration parsing error

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 18, 2025

Updated · August 31, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in libcap. This vulnerability allows local privilege escalation via incorrect parsing of group names in /etc/security/capability.conf, leading to unintended users being granted inherited capabilities.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

CWE-284 · Improper Access Control